Larger Cities are More Congested
Yes, the headline looks like it was written by Captain Obvious.
Scaling in Human Societies
How Cities and Societies Change as they Grow
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The Limits of Smithian Growth
Pardon the delay for this post.
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I have been traveling this week, and so this week’s post is a day late and on the short site.
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